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epoch-making

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ep·och-mak·ing (pk-mkng, pk-)
adj.
So significant and momentous as to characterize the beginning of a period: the President's epoch-making trip to China; epoch-making new technologies.
epoch-making
adj
of great importance; momentous
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Adj.1.epoch-making - highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era; "epochal decisions made by Roosevelt and Churchill"; "an epoch-making discovery"
epochal
significant, important - important in effect or meaning; "a significant change in tax laws"; "a significant change in the Constitution"; "a significant contribution"; "significant details"; "statistically significant"
Translations
epoch-making [ˈiːpɒkˌmeɪkɪŋ] ADJ → que hace época
epoch-making
adj → epochemachend, epochal
epoch-making [ˈiːpɒkˌmeɪkɪŋ] adj → che fa epoca
epoch-making [ˈiːpɒkˌmeɪkɪŋ] adj → che fa epoca


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The human, as apart from the scientific, side (developed in his own volumes) of his epoch-making discoveries is marked with a simplicity, clarity, and good sense beyond praise.
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While this epoch-making line was being strung, Vail was pushing his "grand telephonic system" policy by organizing The American Telephone and Telegraph Company.
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